Who’s ready for the second book in the Zaria Fierce Trilogy? I am!!! Tonight I completed the second draft of Zaria Fierce and the Enchanted Drakeland Sword. Here are the new totals: Second Draft: 42,936 words Total writing time in draft: 3 days 21 hours 52 minutes The next draft I will focus on all the […]

I was doodling while on the phone and this is what came out. It’s theoretically Zaria, although it didn’t start there. I started with practicing drawing braids, which I’ve never really done before successfully. My favorite part is her boots. I just love the cutaway on the one, which shows off her socks.

I was playing around the other day doodling Olaf’s face and I liked it so much I thought I would finish the piece. He’s supposed to look mean and scary but I’m told he’s much too wise looking. I think it’s the hands. He’s supposed to be reaching out for Zaria in a menacing way, […]

Welcome everyone! Join me over at Meredith’s blog, All ‘Bout Them Books and Stuff for part two in an interview series with Eoghan Kerrigan, the illustrator for Zaria Fierce! Learn Eoghan’s favorite characters and see some of his favorite drawings. Meredith also reviewed Zaria Fierce and had this to say: Overall, this was a fantastic […]

If you do read at work, do you sensor your reading? For instance do you bring an ereader with you so you can read your romance or erotica without commentary from the peanut gallery? I bring an ereader or an actual book – and I’ll show up with mantitty or extremely kiddy YA novels – and haven’t heard anything other than, “WOW! You read A LOT!” To which I respond, “Sure do! I run two book blogs. One on romance novels and one on YA books!”

As for when I read… well… I read at lunch where I work if I do. I find this to be a good time to pick up my latest read and squeeze in a few extra pages, but I don’t always crack a book. Sometimes it’s nice to be part of the conversation but I work in an all male field (well mostly, at least I’m the only female in my department at the moment…) so when the conversation turns to fart noises, poop screen savers, and bathroom humor I either laugh because it’s near the end of lunch or I finish quickly and hide behind a book. lol

Carla F.

I picked the “Only on Breaks” option. However, the other day, the power where the computer servers are kept went down (not my building), and I had no computer access. What else was I going to do but read!

JenM

Technically, I read a lot. Most of the time what I do doesn’t take a lot of concentration so I listen to audio books while I’m working. Sometimes I’m at the reception desk too and if it’s quiet I’ll pull out my book. I know the regular receptionist reads at the front desk all the time.